Quiet Skies NorCal, with the support of Save Our Skies Santa Cruz, whose organizers live under current flight paths, have lobbied Congress and the FAA to shift a flight path called SERFR 4 from over their homes to other neighborhoods because of the impact to their own properties. They seek to move their flight path to neighborhoods in Santa Cruz, Pasatiempo, Scotts Valley, San Lorenzo Valley, and Bonny Doon - communities of over 100,000 residents in Rep. Anna Eshoo's 18th Congressional District. 

Our petition states that moving a NextGen flight path from one neighborhood to another does not solve the problem of jet noise....it simply moves it. In this case to neighborhoods with higher populations. Moving the flight path to our neighborhoods will create an even larger disturbance and outcry than currently exists. 

Our recommendation is that the FAA and noise abatement committees address local flight altitudes and braking procedures to resolve noise issues, and disregard Quiet Skies NorCal's proposal to negatively impact other communities.